LETS GET IT ON OR ELSE

Alternate Pitch…

Let’s Get It On Or Else:

Just imagine…A group of friends who hang out everyday. Everything is normal in there lives. Lee, the fat gay guy obsessed with his personal appearance, Michael, a skinny guy struggling with coming out of the closet yet his sexuality is obvious to everyone around him, Anna, the problem solver who can make a dying man who has just been shot three times laugh and dance with her, Will, the trickster constantly playing rude jokes to which only he thinks are funny, and I guess I can also mention he is gay too, and Natalie, an over eccentric girl who exaggerates about almost everything.

They are doing there usual stuff when weird things begin to happen. Natalie witnesses a murder of one of her friends, who is supposedly out of town.

Of course no one believes her, yet the killer seems to play on her conscious, whispering sweet nothings in her ear, dancing just on the edge of her periph.

The killer becomes braver and braver allowing herself to be seen by almost all of the friends. The usual action is always the same with some variations. It typically goes down with the killer desperately attempting to seduce her victim. Of course this is difficult when all her victims have no sexual interest in her because they are gay, not to mention the fact that all the gay men have a serious problem with her attire. She thinks she is being sneaky with a darth vader mask, hoodie, and a pair of tights. That shit does not match.

There is a twist in the story upon revealing the identity of the killer that shocks everyone. Or at least whoever is still alive.

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Although as provocative as some of these images seem, this film will be PG 13 and nothing close to this degree of nudity.

This film illustrates the sexuality of a strained relationship.

The man is narrow minded. He only thinks of his desires and how to obtain them without any consideration of others around him. Basically he believes he is the shit. He wants to be high. High on everything like alcohol, pills, cigarettes, and sex. He is in search of constant satisfaction.

There are glimpses that give the woman chances to believe that he is still in love, that he might change, and the relationship has a chance to be what it once was long ago.

On the other side of the spectrum, the woman in this film is weak and kneels down to certain influences. She struggles with the idea of leaving this man because his ways are unhealthy. Yet she can’t seem to find the power to leave, so instead she allows herself to become victim to his every demand.

It’s like having sex with an ex. You know that nothing is going to change yet there is still that weird sexual drive with a lack of true love yet full of deep emotion.

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portrait film write up

Portrait film project. Bitch Bartender and the Revolving Barstool.

The main idea of this project was to show the character of a bartender who is forced to put up with customers on a daily basis that push her patience to the limit. Between a love sick girl who is depressed over a recently broken heart, a man who is obsessed with the economy and threats of the government, and a man who is financial incapable of going out and drinking, the bartender finally snaps revealing her true feelings toward these types of people.

I personally work at the same bar in which the film was shot. I have had the same feelings as this bartender in the many years I’ve worked in the serving industry. Some people have no idea what it’s like to work in this industry. As a bartender you rely on your customers to provide you with a way to pay your bills, they are the main ones that provide your income. On several occasions I have experienced ridiculous customers that tell me more than I want to know and have a way of pushing my buttons to the end.

We wanted our audience to experience the agony a real life bartender feels in a different way. Instead of displaying the true feeling a bartender feels in a realistic way, we turn the emotion to an amusing comedy.

Basically this bartender goes through a series of conversations with three different customers in which her true character is revealed more and more with each conversation. The bartender finally snaps after the final conversation with a man who is financially down on his luck.

The theme of this project I think is controlling emotions. Each character in this piece displays exaggerated emotions based upon whatever is happening in his or her life. The bartender stands off at first but eventually lets her true emotions toward these types of people get to her. The camera never shows the faces of the customers so that the focus can center solely on the bartender.

The strong points of this film in my opinion lie within our actors. They took the time to get into their roles and they took the video to another level.

Some problems we encountered during this film were time limitations, lighting, and setting. After watching the video, there were some lighting issues I noticed such as the strong shadow behind the bartender and I think there should have been more backlighting. We made the mistake of doing white balance under different types of light when moving the camera, which made our shots turn out blue. We all had busy schedules so we were short on time to shoot the film. I wish we would have gotten more camera angles and played with the lighting more.

I learned exactly how much time really goes into making a film. It takes a great deal of planning and organizing to pull off a video with multiple people. The only frustrations I had while doing this was getting to know the equipment and exactly how everything works. I feel like if I had played more with different setups then the outcome would have been much better.